News & Events

1 March 2022

Guest Lecture by Faculty Member Associate Professor Philip Kariatlis, Sub-Dean of St Andrew's Theological College was guest speaker at the annual Youth Retreat of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. He presented a lecture titled, 'Stage of the Spiritual Life' in which he spoke about our life in Christ essentially in terms of: seeking...

24 February 2022

New Faculty Publication Dn Dr Mario Baghos, Senior Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, recently published an article on Jonathan Pageau's The Symbolic World website entitled 'The Symbolic World of Göbekli Tepe and the First Cities: An Eliadean Approach.' It is available at the following link: https://...

18 February 2022

Doxology to Mark the Commencement of the New Academic Year Today St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College commenced its thirty-seventh academic year with its annual Doxology Service, this time held in the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, Marrickville. It was officiated by the Dean, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, among clergy,...

9 February 2022

Publication by Faculty Member Dn Dr Mario Baghos, Senior Lecturer in Patristics and Church History, recently published an article on Jonathan Pageau's The Symbolic World website entitled 'Bridging the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Pagan and Christian Symbolism in the Little Metropolis church (Panagia Gorgoepikoos) in Athens,...

19 January 2022

Ordination Today, during the Hierarchical Liturgy for the Feast of Saint Makarios the Great of Egypt, College student Fr Timotheos (Dimitrios) Mavromatis was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios in the Greek Orthodox Church of St Spyridon (Kingsford, NSW). His Eminence, who was...

17 January 2022

Ordinations On Sunday 16 January, College graduate, Deacon Pandelis Laskaris (GradDipA, 2019), was ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of Sts Constantine and Helen in South Yarra (VIC), wherein he has also been assigned to serve as the new parish...

16 January 2022

Ordination On Saturday 15 January, College Registrar, Anastasios Kalogerakis, was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints (Belmore, NSW). Deacon Anastasios will continue at St Andrew’s as the College Registrar and Associate Lecturer in...

3 January 2022

Ordination On Saturday 1 January, College alumnus, Nicholas Carmona Torres (BTh, 2021), was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas (Marrickville, NSW). Deacon Nicholas was born and raised in Mexico before moving to Australia and...

21 December 2021

Faculty Promotion St Andrew's congratulates Dr Margaret Beirne RSC, who was promoted by the Classification and Promotions Committee of the Sydney College of Divinity from 'Senior Lecturer' to 'Associate Professor' in Biblical Studies.

13 December 2021

Open Day 2021 With the goal of promoting St Andrew’s to prospective students as well as informing the broader public abouts its latest initiatives, the College held its Open Day on 10 December at its premises in Redfern. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, College Dean and Primate of the Greek...